The National Film Board of Canada’s leadership in documentary cinema will be showcased at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, North America’s largest documentary festival, taking place April 26 to May 6 in Toronto. Hot Docs has selected five NFB films for[...]
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NFB Nets Seven Webby Nominations
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has received a record seven nominations at the 16th annual Webby Awards — surpassing the five nominations Canada’s public producer received annually in 2010 and 2011. The interactive documentary “Bear 71” has been nominated three times: for Act[...]
Get Ready for Another Hangover
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures are re-teaming with Todd Phillips for “The Hangover Part III,” the third installment in the record-breaking comedy franchise, which is slated for release on May 24, 2013. The announcement was made by Jeff Robinov, President Warner Bros. Pictur[...]
Book a Date with The Loved Ones
Paramount’s Insurge Pictures has announced it will release “The Loved Ones” in theaters nationwide in June by offering moviegoers a unique way to see it first. Through an innovative collaboration with Tugg Inc., a collective action web-platform that enables individuals to choose the fi[...]
Bruce Willis Picks His Next Project
Bruce Willis will star in “Five Against A Bullet,” an action thriller being developed by producers Lorenzo DiBonaventura, Jordan Schur and David Mimran for Columbia Pictures, it was today by Hannah Minghella, president of production for Columbia Pictures. Alex Litvak is writing the scree[...]
Sneak Previews Set for Titanic 3D
Moviegoers across the U.S. and Canada will be among the first audiences anywhere to experience TITANIC in 3D at the exclusive “sneak preview” fan screening events set for April 2 in Canada and April 3 in the U.S. Presented exclusively in RealD, these one-night only special advance screenings wil[...]
26th Annual ASC Winners Named
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC; Jonathan Freeman, ASC; Michael Weaver, ASC; and Martin Ruhe claimed top honors in the four competitive categories at the 26th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards celebration at the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom. Lube[...]
Berlinale 2012 Hits the Midway Point
A splendid opening of the Berlinale’s new venue at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele on Schaperstraße, a decisive increase in participants and films at the European Film Market, and more than 250,000 tickets already sold — these are the midway results of the 62nd Berlin International Film Fe[...]
Documentary Channel Releases Schedule
The Documentary Channel — the USA’s first 24-hour television network exclusively devoted to documentary films and the independent documentary filmmaker — has released its schedule for the rest of February and March.[...]
Rango Tops 10th Annual VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the winners of its 10th Annual VES Awards last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video [...]
‘Love Never Dies’ to Make U.S. Debut
Making its first appearance in the United States, NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision present Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies,” the long-awaited continuation to “The Phantom of the Opera,” in a fully-staged production pre-recorded at The Regent Theatre in Melbourne, [...]
Berlinale Competition Now Complete
With Wang Quan’an’s “Bai lu yuan” (“White Deer Plain”) from the People’s Republic of China, the Competition of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival is now complete. Eighteen films will be vying for the Golden and Silver Bears in the Berlinale Palast. A total of 2[...]
Berlinale Sets Jury for Best First Feature
The Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of film makers since 2006, when it introduced the Best First Feature Award. The award is endowed with 50,000 Euros, donated by the GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrecht), a society dedicated to[...]
Hallmark Channel Announces Upcoming Original Movie Slate
Hallmark Channel has announced its Q1 and Q2 programming schedule, which includes nine original movies. “Hallmark Channel has transformed in the past couple of years to diversify its content offering, including robust offerings in daytime, prime time specials and the acquisition of popular classic[...]